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BANQUET Classic Lasagna With Meat Sauce, 9 OZ

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0031000809249. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0031000809249 · Serving size 1 Meal (255 g) (255 g)

The verdict

BANQUET Classic Lasagna With Meat Sauce, 9 OZ scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 45 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 45-component record, beginning with Water, Tomato Paste, Cooked Beef And Pork Crumble. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 45 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0031000809249
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

00809249 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

BANQUET Classic Lasagna With Meat Sauce, 9 OZ label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 45 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-RARE Ferrous Sulfate PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …809249 · July 2026

9 of 45 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Ferrous Sulfate). Source sheet 00809249 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

BANQUET Classic Lasagna With Meat Sauce, 9 OZ lists 45 ingredients on its label

45 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 45 (95th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Water
 2
Tomato Paste
 3
Cooked Beef And Pork Crumble
 4
Beef And Pork
 5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Natural Flavor
 7
Mozzarella Cheese
 8
Pasteurized Milk
 9
Cultures
 10
Enzymes
 11
Cottage Cheese
 12
Cultured Skim Milk
 13
Parmesan Cheese
 14
Part-skim Milk
 15
Cheese Culture
 16
Corn Starch
 17
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
18
Soybean Oil
 19
Crushed Garlic
 20
Organic Onions
 21
Worcestershire Sauce
 22
Dried Vinegar
 23
Molasses
 24
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
25
Anchovies
 26
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
27
Tamarind Concentrate
 28
Organic Cloves
 29
Flavorings
 30
Chili Pepper Extract
 31
Granulated Onion
 32
Whole Basil
 33
Spice
 34
Enriched Pasta
 35
Durum Wheat Semolina
 36
Egg White
 37
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
38
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
39
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
40
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
41
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
42
Egg
 43
Fish
 44
Milk
 45
Wheat

Full Ingredient List

SAUCE WITH MEAT: Water, Tomato Paste, Cooked Beef and Pork Crumble (Beef and Pork, Salt, Natural Flavor), Mozzarella Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Cottage Cheese (Cultured Skim Milk, Enzymes), Parmesan Cheese (Part-Skim Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes), Modified Corn Starch, Sugar, Soybean Oil, Crushed Garlic, Onions, Worcestershire Sauce (Vinegar, Molasses, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Anchovies, Water, Onions, Salt, Garlic, Tamarind Concentrate, Cloves, Natural Flavorings, Chili Pepper Extract) , Salt, Granulated Onion, Whole Basil, Spice, Citric Acid. COOKED PASTA: Water, Enriched Pasta (Durum Wheat Semolina, Egg White, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Soybean Oil. CONTAINS: EGG, FISH (ANCHOVIES), MILK, WHEAT.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

BANQUET Classic Lasagna With Meat Sauce, 9 OZ has a longer ingredient list than 95% of its published comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0031000809249: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.